We normally bring you photos of what takes place at community events and from meetings and announcements involving municipal government, business, and other stories that depict life in our region.  Things are different during this current emergency, but life in our communities continue, just in different ways.  Here’s some of what’s been happening.

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit has opened four COVID-19 testing and assessment facilities in communities across its territory. The Hawkesbury facility is located at 755 Laurier Street. Photo: James Morgan
It will get better/Ça va bien aller has become the slogan of positive thinking during the pandemic. Rainbows with the saying have appeared on home and shop windows everywhere. This particular one is at Boucherie Ménard on Main Street East in Hawkesbury. Photo: James Morgan.
On April 1, the Québec government began attempting to end non-essential traffic into areas of the province that have not been highly affected by COVID-19. Periodic Sûreté du Québec checkpoints began taking place on the Long Sault Bridge. Photo: James Morgan
Sûreté du Québec officers speaking with a driver on the Long Sault Bridge. Photo: James Morgan
On April 2, Hawkesbury OPP and firefighters from Hawkesbury, Vankleek Hill, L'Orignal, and East Hawkesbury showed up in the evening outside the emergency room entrance at Hawkesbury and District General Hospital to show their support for staff working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: James Morgan
Lights flashed and sirens wailed while the emergency responders showed their support for hospital staff. Photo: James Morgan
A show of support for HGH staff. Photo: James Morgan
HGH staff gathered outside the emergency entrance for the short show of support. Photo: James Morgan
COVID-19 has caused stock shortages in some retail stores. At the Familiprix drugstore in Grenville, customers are being limited to two of each item. Photo: James Morgan
Stores are limiting the number of customers allowed inside in order to ensure physical distancing and protect employees. Here, customers are lined up two metres apart to enter the IGA in Grenville on April 4. Photo: James Morgan
The Sûreté du Québec mounted unit was assisting with the Long Sault Bridge checkpoint on April 8. Photo: James Morgan
SQ officer on a horse at the Long Sault Bridge checkpoint on April 8. Photo: James Morgan
Going to the movies is not possible right now, but this message of encouragement is on window at Cinémas Laurentiens in Grenville. Photo: James Morgan